The US military views this continent as little more than an “unsinkable US aircraft carrier”. You get the sense that this is well understood among those running the country, but that the ruling class here has made its bed with the US empire, for better or worse.
The crew of Artemis II will not land on the Moon. But the launch has fired the starter’s gun for a scramble that will play out over the next decades as the US and China compete to be master of the universe.
Those who support Palestine should reject the Israel-centric view of the world that far-right pundits are pushing. It feeds the antisemitism of the right and blunts criticism of US imperialism.
Australia occupies a peculiar place in the world system. On the one hand, it has always been a component of a larger empire. On the other hand, it is an imperialist state in its own right.
